Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies

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✨Alumni Spotlight✨ "The diversity of the student body within DTS and the emphasis on integrating the various academic backgrounds and personal experiences of the DTS community made the academic environment especially enriching." - Anjali Joshi-Dave, DTS Graduate uoft.me/dtsalumniprofiles

Congratulations to DTS Professor, Kamari Clarke on this incredible award! Learn more about Professor Clarke's Early Warning Early Response (EWER) Project here: vimeo.com/1137520178

Distinguished Professor of Transnational Justice and Sociolegal Studies, Kamari Maxine Clarke.

Kamari Maxine Clarke, a Distinguished Professor and director of the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, has received the 2025 Insight Award from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council.

Read more: www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/kamari-...

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Join us on November 13th from 4:30 – 6:00pm for “At the interface: Bloody Spectacles and Necro-Surveillance in Rio de Janeiro” with Professor Lucia Cantero.

Learn more and register here: uoft.me/luciacantero

Blue background with white text that reads "Land of Good Men with Professor Lucas Bessire, Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines. 3:30 - 5:00pm, Friday, November 14th, 321 Bloor St. W. Room 30. Register at cdts.utoronto.ca/events."

CDTS and the Lawson Climate Institute welcome you to join us on November 14th for "Land of Good Men" with Professor Lucas Bessire.

How do upheavals of masculinity, democracy, and ecology converge on the American Great Plains? Learn more and register: uoft.me/lucasbessire

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Congratulations to the 837 #UofTArtSci grads celebrating their Convocation today — you did it! 🎉

Be sure to connect with A&S on LinkedIn to learn about upcoming career and networking events: www.linkedin.com/school/uofta...

#UofTGrad25

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Professor Kamari Maxine Clarke led a student group on a Research Excursions Program trip to Cali, Colombia this past summer. There, they studied a unique transitional justice system now seen as a potential model for other countries.

Learn more: bit.ly/46WR3iu

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Join us on October 16th from 3:30 - 5:00pm for “Documenting Guatemala’s Post-Genocide: Polarization, Extractivism and Migration” with Guatemala-based documentary photographer, James Rodríguez.

Learn more and register here: uoft.me/JamesRodriguez

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Join us on Oct 10 for “Queen of Flowers and Pearls: Telling History through Stories”, an anti-colonial storytelling of resistance, memory, and resilience set in Ethiopia, under fascist Italian occupation with author, Gabriella Ghermandi. Learn more and register here: uoft.me/queenofflowersandpearls

L-R: Dilip Soman, Kamari Clarke and Lucas Wilson

3 #UofT scholars shortlisted for 2025 SSHRC Impact Awards 🍁 uoft.me/bRL

Blue background with white text that reads "Life beside Bars: Confinement & Capital in an American Prison Town with Professor Heath Pearson, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Justice & Peace Studies at Georgetown University. 3:30-5:00pm, Thursday, October 9th, 170 St. George St. Room 100. Register at cdts.utoronto.ca/events." Black and white photo of Professor Heath Pearson on right hand side.

Join us on Oct 9 for the first event in the CDTS Speaker Series! Prof. Heath Pearson will read an excerpt from his book titled Life beside Bars: Confinement & Capital in an American Prison Town followed by a discussion with Prof. Kevin O'Neill and Q&A.

Learn more & register: uoft.me/heathpearson

Diaspora Studies w/ Naomi Seidman | Podcast Episode on RSS.com Naomi Seidman, Director of the University of Toronto's Center for Diaspora and Transnational Studies joins us to explore the young academic discipline of Diaspora Studies, its history and contents, an...

enjoyed this interview with Naomi Seidman, whom I briefly met this past winter at a klezmer show in NYC when someone said "That's Naomi Seidman, you should really go and talk to her"🤓 she's a very thoughtful scholar and I think it really comes out in this interview about diaspora and translation.

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Kick off the new school year with the DTS Welcome Breakfast!☕ Stop by the DTS Student Commons any time between 9:00-11:00am on Sept. 17th to catch up with classmates, meet the DTS Director, faculty, and staff and enjoy a free breakfast!

Be sure to register here: uoft.me/WelcomeBreakfast

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Welcome back DTS! We hope you have a wonderful first day, and we look forward to seeing new and familiar faces around the Centre! ✨📖

#UofT President Melanie Woodin welcomes new and returning students, faculty, staff & librarians across the university's three campuses to the new school year. #MyUofT 💙 uoft.me/ft25

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Please join us in congratulating Professor Naomi Seidman on being appointed as Director of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies effective July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2030! Read more here: uoft.me/naomiseidmancdtsdirector

List of 2025-2026 DTS undergraduate courses being offered. Please visit uoft.me/25-26DTSUndergradCourses for all details.

📣 Course enrollment for the 2025-2026 year begins in just a couple of weeks! Here is your first look at all of the terrific undergraduate courses DTS will be offering. All details can be found here: uoft.me/25-26DTSUndergradCourses

Laila Vahed.

#UofTGrad25: Laila Vahed is an aspiring historian whose time at #UofT was spent on sports, filmmaking, health research, student governance and more.

Now preparing for grad school, she says: “I did a lot. And I wish I did even more!”

Read more: bit.ly/3TlSGzL

Clockwise from top left: Charlie Olsen, Princess Rogelyn Saladino, Jonathan De Vries, Yunshan Li and Ahsen Bhatti (supplied images)

Beyond academics: Meet five #UofT grads who made their mark outside the classroom #UofTGrad25 📜 uoft.me/bDt